Talk:Stepmother

The meaning of "stepmother."

Before my edit, stepmother was defined "the current wife of one's biological parent." This definition is obviously meant to allow for the possibility that one's natural mother has decided she wants to live as a lesbian, and has married her partner. But think about it: if your natural mother is a lesbian, she is still your mother, and the woman she marries does not serve in her place. Your natural mother's lesbian wife could not possibly be your stepmother—no more than she would be if your natural mother had conceived through in vitro fertilization. Wordwright (talk) 20:27, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

If she was a mother in a previous relationship (with a man or a woman), her new wife would be the stepmother.--Belagaile (talk) 17:32, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

A step-mother doesn't serve in place of a mother. She is the wife of a your natural/biological/legal parent. For example, my step-mother who married my father doesn't serve in place of my mother just because my parents are divorced. They are all my parents. This definition has a circular logic in order to exclude same-sex step-parents. 217.192.101.2 (talk) 20:10, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

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Biological imperative.

Fundamentally, a woman's main goal evolutionary and biologically is to ensure the survival of her genes via a partner and motherhood. It's why motherhood is so fulfilling to women in the first place and why women strictly choose only the most fit partner. So when she's placed with children who belong to another woman's lineage, the imperative to protect and nurture is missing as it isn't her genetic legacy, but another's. Women have an inbuilt recognition and imperative to be cold cruel resentful or indifferent to children not of her body. 208.30.108.183 (talk) 02:54, 27 June 2025 (UTC)